Canadian Frigate Destroys Target in Joint U.S.-Navy Littoral Missile Shoot
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Canadian warship HMCS Regina (FFH-334) visited California last month for something of a sailor’s ideal day: Killing a target at sea. The crew did just that, albeit on the second try. The Halifax-class frigate fired a Harpoon Block II anti-ship missile at a...
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Interesting piece about Regina firing successfully at Harpoon II missile but also the part I've snipped out below about crewing numbers -
Regina’s crew averages 167 but nearly maxed out its berthing with 236 for the missile exercise. The crew routinely trains for missions involving humanitarian aid, disaster relief and search and rescue, said Chief Petty Officer First Class Timothy King, the senior enlisted sailor and equivalent to a command master chief.
Seems that the CPF are out there with alot less crew members than the 215-225 that they are typically allocated. That's less than 3X the crew on an AOPS.
Also, the bit below about ASW work.
“Harpoon, we don’t fire often,” King said. “We’re more of a support role and a first-line defense against submarines… That’s the bread and butter.”
Lt. Cmdr. George “Scott” Dyson,
Regina executive officer, said the frigate is optimized for anti-submarine warfare.
“If you add us to an American task group, you get a ship that’s not so super awesome at shooting down aircraft,” Dyson said, “but we’re good at hunting and fighting submarines.”
King noted that Canadian patrol frigates routinely are invited to the Navy submarine commander’s course in Hawaii to give submarine commanders practice evading detection.
“We’re a more frustrating opponent. I mean, they still kill us all the time,” said Dyson. Los Angeles or Virginia-class U.S. submarines they encounter during training are “formidable opponents. They make us put the ship through the full envelope of its capabilities.”
